LJBackup

Has there been any progress in any programs that would download large swaths of a user's journal? I'd like to backup my entire journal (at least my entries) to CD-R for my own edification, for example.

The Livejournal FAQ says here that client software is in testing to do just this, and points to a post here talking about LJBackup. This post was in June, has there been any progress? How 'bout a Linux client?

I'm just trying to get an update on the status of this capability here :).